Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

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Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Orzhov Vampires

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Vampires	1112	1769–1928–7	47.8	10	94	41
Orzhov Vampires	120	166–236	41.3	0	4	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	34–48	41.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	7–2	77.8
Mono White Heroic	4–2	66.7
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–19	26.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–4	33.3
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–4	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Combo	29–36	44.6
Storm	4–4	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Living Death	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Umbral Mantle	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–4	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–3	25.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–3	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	0–1	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Control	34–44	43.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–4	20.0
Demonic Rising	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	2–5	28.6
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	8–15	34.8
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	0–4	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	2–3	40.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–10	41.2
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Simic Vat	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–16	20.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	0–4	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–5	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	38–58	39.6
Temur Ascendancy	2–11	15.4
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	8–13	38.1
Wave Blink	2–7	22.2
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	0–4	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–3	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–5	37.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	12–9	57.1
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–3	62.5
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–2	75.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Selvala Tokens	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0